Means for securing reels on fishing rods



July 6 1926.

' F. 8. GOLD mums FOR SECURING HEELS. on FISHING RODS I Filed 0st,; 31.

Patented July 6, 1926. I

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43mins ron's'neunriv'e' REELS ON Prentiss none;

Applicatiodfiled ot'ouef sn 1924. fee-rialno;7%,9413-"1 1 This invention relates to m'eans..ar7seei1i; ing reels on fishing rods fHeretofor'eii-thas beenthe practiceto use a slidingband for frictionally holding the reel on the rod but the working of the .reel has a tendency-to loosen the frictional engagement of the band. object, therefore; is to provide simple and. convenient meansgwhich will securely hold the reel in position on the fishing rod and which may beeasily and quicklyoperated to attach or detach the reel.

I attain-my object my means of the constructions hereinafter described v and indi cated in the accompanying drawings in which v r Fig. lisa longitudina'l section of the preferred form' of the device;

I F ig, 2 a front elevation of the same showingthe parts as positioned vwhen the reel is removed; and

Fig. 3 a'horizontal section'on an enlarged scale on "the line 33 inFig. 2.

r l is arfishing rod ofany typehavingan end portion 2.v formed on or secured thereto, in any suitable manner. '3 is a reel of'ordrnary constructionon whichrthe fishing line; is adapted to be wound. The reel is pro-' vided with a .pair of oppositely directed tangs l'adapted to be received in sockets car ried bythe portion 2 whereby the reel may be detachably c'onnectedwith the fishing rod.

In the constructions shown the sockets are so formed that they do not project beyond the normal curvature of theportion 2. The

latter is. provided with a flattened portion 12 adapt'ed to co-operate with a tubular Vmember v5*, secured by means "of a pin 13 to theinner end of the portion 2, to forjmfthe The membero'is cut awayv to" 10 carried by the member 7". 'The latter V is normally positioned, by means of a spring tained in its inoperativeposition, I form a; V

11 having its opposite ends connected with the pins 13 and 10 ",against the the stationary member 5 To enable the sliding socket 7 .to be reouter end of ease slloilldel Mates at at the slot9,:toengage the pin'lQf jTlie out wardmovem-ent of the socket 7 relativet-o f "thesocketz6 islimit'edbyi asm'p, 145 formed 1. or securedto the-end o fih tid 2,

When the socket member 7? is pulled; against the tension of-the'spring ll, untilthe pin 10* engages the stop 14 it is merely necessaryto slightlyzturn the socket member rel ative to th'e rod portion 2' to cause the pinto r engagei'the shoulder -15'and thus lock the memberi The reel tang 4 is then fitted in l the socket 6 the member? turned to again a positron the pinjin the slot whichpermits the spring toactuate the member toengage the other tang 4' and thus lockthe reel on the rod. 1

a The sockets 6 and 7 a are formedas hand grips so that they may be bothfgripped'by .the operator when it is desired to; move one relative to the other. Y

- What I claim is a V 1. A fishing rodhaving a fixed socket; a v

butt end hand grip telescoped over and slidable on the rod and provided with a socket complementary to the first socketya reel having a pair of tangszadapted to be received in. the said sockets; and-means for re I leasably holding the slidinggrip initsltang engagmgpositiom i 2. A fishingrod having her fitted, on the rod andfhaving 'a. portion cut away to form longitudinal shoulders ad-V jacent the-flattened portion; a reel having a pair ofyoppositely directed tangs,-oneof which is adapted to be receivedbetween one end of the flattened portion and the member, the said shoulders being adapted toengage the sides of the tang to prevent lateral moveflattened and hol-i t low portions formed therein a tubular memment ofthelatter; a second tubular member slidably mounted on the rod, the other tang posite endof the flattened. portion and the second member the rod having a longitudi nal slot and a transverse shoulder formed being adapted tobe received between the opi therein; a pin carried bythe second tubular member adapted to be received in the said slot and to engage the transverse shoulder;v and resilient. meanscarried withinthe 'hOl",

low portion. of the rodand'connec'ted'W-ith,

the latter and the pin whereby the tangs positioned in theslot, the pin'being adapted to engagethe transverse shoulder; to retain QWill bereleasably'locked in position on the I "rod by the tubular members when the pinjis member in an inoperative posiformed as a hand grip; a butt .end slidab le on ther'od formed as ajhand grip andprovidedrvvith a socket complementary to the Y first socket; are el having apain of tangs adapted to be receivedcinthe. said sockets when the hand grips ar-e'p-ulled in opposite directions and means for releasably' holding the sliding'gripin its tang engaging position. I

A fishing rod having a flattened part; a tubular member fitted on the rod and having a portion cut away to forn longitudinal'shoulders adjacent thefiattened part; a I

reel having apairof oppositely directed lateral movementoi -the latter; a second tubular member siidably mounted on the'rod,'

ftheq other tangbeingnadapted to bereceived between the opposite end of. the flattened part and the second member; and means for I retaining/the slidable' member in its tang en gaging position. 7, V r m Signed at Toronto,- Canada, thisi 13th day p of Oct. 1924.

FRANK s. GOLD.

2O ed to engage the sides of the tang to prevent 

